EP1705816A1 - Data transfer control device and electronic apparatus - Google Patents
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- the data transfer control device may comprise:
- the data transfer control device may comprise:
- the configuration of the data transfer control devices 10 and 30 is not limited to the configuration shown in FIG. 1. Some of the circuit blocks shown in FIG. 1 may be omitted, or the configuration of the connection between the circuit blocks may be changed, or a circuit block differing from the circuit blocks shown in FIG 1 may be additionally provided.
- a transceiver 20 may be omitted from the host-side data transfer control device 10, or a transceiver 40 may be omitted from the target-side data transfer control device 30.
- the data transfer control device 30 and a display driver 6 may be formed by two chips (semiconductor chips), or may be formed by one chip.
- the target-side data transfer control device 30 includes the transceiver 40 (PHY) which performs physical layer processing or the like.
- the transceiver 40 receives a packet from the host-side data transfer control device 10 through the serial bus.
- the transceiver 40 also transmits a packet to the host-side data transfer control device 10.
- a link controller 100 generates a packet transmitted to the host-side data transfer control device 10, and directs the transceiver 40 to transmit the generated packet.
- the host device 5 After the above-described initial setting, the host device 5 writes data (command or parameter) into a port write register of the host-side internal register 250. Then, a packet in which data is set in the data field is transmitted from the host-side data transfer control device 10 to the target-side data transfer control device 30 through the serial bus.
- the interface circuit 110 outputs interface signals including a signal of the data set in the packet to the interface bus at a timing according to the timing information set in the target-side internal register 350.
- a response packet shown in FIG. 3A is a packet for sending a response to the read request packet shown in FIG 2B.
- a data/parameter sent as a response is set (inserted) in a data/parameter field.
- the response request field included in the request packet is a field for indicating whether or not to perform handshake transfer using the acknowledge packet (ACK or NACK). For example, the response request field indicates that the acknowledge packet is unnecessary when a response request value (response request flag) set in the response request field is "0", and indicates that the acknowledge packet is necessary when the response request value is "1".
- the target transmits to the host a response packet RESP which indicates that the vertical synchronization signal VCIN has been input, as indicated by A3. Then, as indicated by A4, the host transmits to the target a write request packet WREQ in which a command or data is set.
- a transaction controller 330 performs data transfer transaction layer processing.
- the transaction controller 330 controls transfer of packets such as a request packet, a response packet, and an acknowledge packet, and controls a transaction made up of a plurality of packets.
- the transaction controller 330 controls each circuit block of the link controller 100.
- An edge setting register 354 included in the internal register 350 is a register for setting whether to detect either the rising edge or the falling edge of the vertical synchronization signal VCIN.
- the link controller 100 When the link controller 100 has received the write request packet which requests writing of a command or data after the response packet (acknowledge packet) has been transmitted through the serial bus, the link controller 100 outputs the command or data (parameter) for which writing has been requested to the interface circuit 110, as shown in FIG 12. Specifically, the link controller 100 extracts the command or data set in the write request packet from the write request packet written into the reception packet buffer 301 through the multiplexer 304, and outputs the extracted command or data to the interface circuit 110.
- FIG. 14 shows a modification according to one embodiment of the invention.
- a switch circuit 303 In the modification shown in FIG 14, a switch circuit 303, a multiplexer 306, and a packet detection circuit 312 are provided in addition to the configuration shown in FIG 8.
- the switch circuit 303 switches the write destination of the (K+1)th packet to the other of the packet buffers 301 and 302. For example, when the first packet has been written into the packet buffer 301 and completion of reception of the first packet has been detected, the switch circuit 303 switches the write destination of the second packet received after the first packet to the packet buffer 302.
- the reception packet buffer has a single buffer configuration
- the entire packet received from the host is written into the packet buffer.
- the received packet is transmitted to the subsequent stage (e.g. application layer).
- the subsequent stage e.g. application layer
- receipt of the next packet commences and the packet is written into the reception packet buffer.
- each packet such as a write request packet is not limited to those described with reference to FIGS. 2A to 3B.
- the signal waveforms of the vertical synchronization signal, the detection signal, the interface signal, and the like are not limited to those described in one embodiment of the invention.
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- The present invention relates to a data transfer control device and an electronic instrument.
- In recent years, a high-speed serial transfer interface such as a low voltage differential signaling (LVDS) interface has attracted attention as an interface aiming at reducing EMI noise or the like. In such a high-speed serial transfer, data is transferred by causing a transmitter circuit to transmit serialized data using differential signals and causing a receiver circuit to differentially amplify the differential signals (
JP-A-2001-222249 - An ordinary portable telephone includes a first instrument section provided with buttons for inputting a telephone number or a character, a second instrument section provided with a main liquid crystal display (LCD), a sub LCD, and a camera, and a connection section (e.g. hinge) which connects the first and second instrument sections. The number of interconnects passing through the connection section can be reduced by transferring data between a first substrate provided in the first instrument section and a second substrate provided in the second instrument section by serial transfer using differential signals.
- A display driver which drives a display panel such as an LCD may output a vertical synchronization signal (VCIN) for indicating a non-display period of the display panel. For example, a display driver including a RAM controls switching between the non-display period and the display period of the display panel. Therefore, since the display driver must notify a host of the non-display period of the display panel, the display driver outputs the vertical synchronization signal to the host. Therefore, when transferring data through the connection section between the first and second instrument sections by serial transfer, it is important to efficiently notify the host of the vertical synchronization signal output from the display driver.
- According to a first aspect of the invention, there is provided a data transfer control device which controls data transfer, the data transfer control device comprising:
- a link controller which analyzes a packet received through a serial bus and generates a packet to be transmitted through the serial bus;
- an interface circuit which performs interface processing between the data transfer control device and a display driver connected to the data transfer control device through an interface bus; and
- a signal detection circuit which, when a vertical synchronization signal used for indicating a non-display period of a display panel has been input from the display driver, detects the vertical synchronization signal and outputs a detection signal,
- when the link controller has received a read request packet which requests reading of status of the vertical synchronization signal, the link controller waiting for the detection signal to be output from the signal detection circuit, and performing processing of transmitting a response packet or an acknowledge packet for the read request packet through the serial bus on condition that the detection signal has been output from the signal detection circuit.
- According to a second aspect of the invention, there is provided an electronic instrument comprising:
- the above-described data transfer control device; and
- the display driver connected to the data transfer control device through the interface bus.
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- FIG. 1 shows a data transfer control device according to one embodiment of the invention and a system configuration example of the data transfer control device.
- FIGS. 2A and 2B are packet format examples.
- FIGS. 3A and 3B are packet format examples.
- FIGS. 4A to 4C are transaction examples relating to a response request.
- FIGS. 5A and 5B are diagrams illustrative of comparative examples.
- FIG 6 is a diagram illustrative of the comparative example.
- FIG 7 is a diagram illustrative of a method according to one embodiment of the invention.
- FIG. 8 is a configuration example of the data transfer control device according to one embodiment of the invention.
- FIG 9 is a diagram illustrative of the operation of the data transfer control device according to one embodiment of the invention.
- FIG 10 is a diagram illustrative of the operation of the data transfer control device according to one embodiment of the invention.
- FIG. 11 is a diagram illustrative of the operation of the data transfer control device according to one embodiment of the invention.
- FIG 12 is a diagram illustrative of the operation of the data transfer control device according to one embodiment of the invention.
- FIG. 13 is a waveform example of MPU interface signals.
- FIG 14 shows a modification according to one embodiment of the invention.
- FIG 15 is a diagram illustrative of the operation of the modification according to one embodiment of the invention.
- FIG 16 is a diagram illustrative of serial transfer according to one embodiment of the invention.
- FIG 17 is a configuration example of an electronic instrument.
- The invention may provide a data transfer control device capable of efficiently notifying a partner device of a vertical synchronization signal output from a display driver, and an electronic instrument including the same.
- According to one embodiment of the invention, there is provided a data transfer control device which controls data transfer, the data transfer control device comprising:
- a link controller which analyzes a packet received through a serial bus and generates a packet to be transmitted through the serial bus;
- an interface circuit which performs interface processing between the data transfer control device and a display driver connected to the data transfer control device through an interface bus; and
- a signal detection circuit which, when a vertical synchronization signal used for indicating a non-display period of a display panel has been input from the display driver, detects the vertical synchronization signal and outputs a detection signal,
- when the link controller has received a read request packet which requests reading of status of the vertical synchronization signal, the link controller waiting for the detection signal to be output from the signal detection circuit, and performing processing of transmitting a response packet or an acknowledge packet for the read request packet through the serial bus on condition that the detection signal has been output from the signal detection circuit.
- In this embodiment, when the link controller has received the read request packet which requests reading of the status of the vertical synchronization signal, the link controller waits for the detection signal of the vertical synchronization signal to be output. The response packet or the acknowledge packet for the read request packet is transmitted through the serial bus on condition that the detection signal has been output (detection signal has become active). This enables the partner device (host) to be efficiently notified of the status of the vertical synchronization signal output from the display driver. The partner device need not monitor detection of the vertical synchronization signal for a period until the response packet or the acknowledge packet is transmitted to the partner device after the partner device has transmitted the read request packet. This allows the partner device to perform another processing in this period, whereby the performance of the entire system can be improved.
- The data transfer control device may comprise:
- a reception packet buffer into which a packet received through the serial bus is written; and
- a transmission packet buffer into which a packet to be transmitted through the serial bus is written,
- wherein, when the link controller has received the read request packet, the link controller generates the response packet or the acknowledge packet for the read request packet and writes the response packet or the acknowledge packet into the transmission packet buffer; and
- wherein, on condition that the detection signal has been output from the signal detection circuit, the link controller reads the response packet or the acknowledge packet written into the transmission packet buffer from the transmission packet buffer and performs processing of transmitting the response packet or the acknowledge packet through the serial bus.
- This reduces a time lag from detection of the vertical synchronization signal to transmission of the response packet or the acknowledge packet, whereby the partner device can be notified that the display panel is in the non-display period within a short time.
- In this data transfer control device,
when the link controller has received a write request packet which requests writing of a command or data after the transmission of the response packet or the acknowledge packet through the serial bus, the link controller may output the command or the data for which writing has been requested to the interface circuit; and
the interface circuit may output the command or the data output from the link controller to the display driver through the interface bus. - This enables the command or the data from the partner device to be transferred to the display driver in the non-display period of the display panel. Therefore, the display operation of the display panel can be prevented from being adversely affected by writing of the command or the data.
- In this data transfer control device,
the write request packet may include a response request field used for indicating whether or not to perform handshake transfer using the acknowledge packet, a response request value "response not requested" being set in the response request field; and
when the link controller has received the write request packet in which the response request value "response not requested" is set, the link controller may output the command or the data for which writing has been requested to the interface circuit without directing transmission of the acknowledge packet for the write request packet. - This makes it possible to transfer the command or data to the display driver within such a short time, even if the non-display period of the display panel is short.
- The data transfer control device may comprise:
- an edge setting register used for setting whether to detect either a rising edge or a falling edge of the vertical synchronization signal,
- wherein the signal detection circuit outputs the detection signal on condition that the rising edge of the vertical synchronization signal has been detected when "rising edge detection" has been set in the edge setting register, and outputs the detection signal on condition that the falling edge of the vertical synchronization signal has been detected when "falling edge detection" has been set in the edge setting register.
- This makes it possible to deal with various display drivers which differ in the signal form of the vertical synchronization signal.
- The data transfer control device may comprise:
- a read register used for reading the status of the vertical synchronization signal,
- wherein the read request packet which requests reading of the status of the vertical synchronization signal is a packet which requests reading from the read register.
- This realizes processing of waiting for detection of the vertical synchronization signal and then transmitting the response packet or the acknowledge packet without providing a special register or the like.
- In this data transfer control device,
the interface circuit may be an MPU interface circuit which generates an MPU interface signal. - The data transfer control device may comprise:
- a transceiver which uses differential signal lines of the serial bus to transmit and receive a packet to and from a host-side data transfer control device.
- According to one embodiment of the invention, there is provided an electronic instrument comprising:
- the above-described data transfer control device; and
- the display driver connected to the data transfer control device through the interface bus.
- These embodiments of the invention will be described in detail below, with reference to the drawings. Note that the embodiments described below do not in any way limit the scope of the invention laid out in the claims herein. In addition, not all of the elements of the embodiments described below should be taken as essential requirements of the invention.
- FIG 1 shows a data transfer control device (data transfer control circuit) according to one embodiment of the invention and a system configuration example of the data transfer control device. In one embodiment of the invention, a bridge function between a system bus and an interface bus is realized by using host-side and target-side data transfer
control devices - The configuration of the data
transfer control devices transceiver 20 may be omitted from the host-side data transfercontrol device 10, or atransceiver 40 may be omitted from the target-side data transfercontrol device 30. The datatransfer control device 30 and adisplay driver 6 may be formed by two chips (semiconductor chips), or may be formed by one chip. For example, when using the datatransfer control device 30 as an intellectual property (IP) core, the datatransfer control device 30 may be included in the semiconductor chip of thedisplay driver 6. Likewise, a host device 5 (system device) and the datatransfer control device 10 may be formed by one chip. - The host (TX) side data transfer
control device 10 and the target (RX) side data transfercontrol device 30 transfer packets through a serial bus using differential signals. In more detail, the datatransfer control devices - The host-side data transfer
control device 10 includes aninterface circuit 92 which performs interface processing between the datatransfer control device 10 and the host device 5 (e.g. CPU, baseband engine, or display controller). Theinterface circuit 92 is connected with thehost device 5 through a system bus (host bus). The system bus may be used as an RGB interface bus or a micro processor unit (MPU) interface bus. When using the system bus as an RGB interface bus, the system bus may include signal lines for a horizontal synchronization signal, vertical synchronization signal, clock signal, data signal, and the like. When using the system bus as an MPU interface bus, the system bus may include signal lines for a data signal, read signal, write signal,address 0 signal (command/parameter identification signal), chip select signal, and the like. - The host-side data transfer
control device 10 includes a link controller 90 (link layer circuit) which performs link layer processing. Thelink controller 90 generates a packet (e.g. request packet or stream packet) transferred to the target-side data transfercontrol device 30 through the serial bus (LVDS), and performs processing of transmitting the generated packet. In more detail, thelink controller 90 initiates a transmission transaction and directs thetransceiver 20 to transmit the generated packet. - The host-side data transfer
control device 10 includes the transceiver 20 (PHY) which performs physical layer processing or the like. Thetransceiver 20 transmits a packet indicated by thelink controller 90 to the target-side data transfercontrol device 30 through the serial bus. Thetransceiver 20 also receives a packet from the target-side data transfercontrol device 30. In this case, thelink controller 90 analyzes the received packet and performs link layer (transaction layer) processing. - The target-side data transfer
control device 30 includes the transceiver 40 (PHY) which performs physical layer processing or the like. Thetransceiver 40 receives a packet from the host-side data transfercontrol device 10 through the serial bus. Thetransceiver 40 also transmits a packet to the host-side data transfercontrol device 10. In this case, alink controller 100 generates a packet transmitted to the host-side data transfercontrol device 10, and directs thetransceiver 40 to transmit the generated packet. - The target-side data transfer
control device 30 includes the link controller 100 (link layer circuit). Thelink controller 100 performs link layer (transaction layer) processing including receiving a packet from the host-side data transfercontrol device 10 and analyzing the received packet. - The target-side data transfer
control device 30 includes aninterface circuit 110 which performs interface processing between the datatransfer control device 30 and the display driver 6 (display driver circuit) which drives a display panel 7 (e.g. LCD). Theinterface circuit 110 generates various interface signals and outputs the generated interface signals to the interface bus. Theinterface circuit 110 may include an RGB interface circuit, an MPU interface circuit, or a serial interface circuit (first to Nth interface circuits in a broad sense). Theinterface circuit 110 may perform interface processing between the datatransfer control device 30 and a camera device or a sub LCD. - When the host (host device 5) side system bus is used as an RGB interface bus, the target (display driver 6) side interface bus is also used as an RGB interface bus. The interface circuit 110 (RGB interface circuit) generates RGB interface signals and outputs the generated RGB interface signals to the display driver 6 (device in a broad sense). When the host-side system bus is used as an MPU interface bus, the target-side interface bus is also used as an MPU interface bus. The interface circuit 110 (MPU interface circuit) generates MPU interface signals and outputs the generated MPU interface signals to the
display driver 6. The host-side and target-side interface buses may differ in interface type. For example, the host-side system bus may be set as an RGB interface bus, and the target-side interface bus may be set as an MPU interface bus. Or, the host-side system bus may be set as an MPU interface bus, and the target-side interface bus may be set as an RGB interface bus. - In one embodiment of the invention, a bridge function between the host-side system bus and the target-side interface bus is realized by providing the above-described
interface circuits host device 5 are transmitted to the target by packet transfer through the serial bus using differential signals. The target-side interface circuit 110 outputs RGB interface signals corresponding to the RGB interface signals from the host to thedisplay driver 6. When the system bus is used as an MPU interface bus, MPU interface signals output from thehost device 5 are transmitted to the target by packet transfer through the serial bus using differential signals. The target-side interface circuit 110 outputs MPU interface signals corresponding to the MPU interface signals from the host to thedisplay driver 6. - In more detail, an
internal register 350 of the target-side data transfercontrol device 30 stores interface information for specifying the signal form (output format) of the interface signal output from theinterface circuit 110. Specifically, theinternal register 350 stores timing information for specifying the change timing of the signal level of the interface signal. In this case, information stored in aninternal register 250 of the host-side data transfercontrol device 10 and necessary for the target is transferred to the target through the serial bus and is written into the target-sideinternal register 350. Specifically, the target-sideinternal register 350 is a subset (shadow register) of the host-sideinternal register 250. Based on the timing information set in the target-sideinternal register 350, theinterface circuit 110 generates and outputs an interface signal (interface control signal or data signal) of which the signal level changes at a timing according to the timing information. - Specifically, the
host device 5 sets the interface signal timing information in the host-sideinternal register 250 as an initial setting before transferring data. Thehost device 5 directs start of register transfer using a register transfer start register included in the host-sideinternal register 250. Then, the interface signal timing information written into the host-sideinternal register 250 is packet-transferred from the host-side data transfercontrol device 10 to the target-side data transfercontrol device 30 through the serial bus. The transferred timing information is written into the target-sideinternal register 350. - After the above-described initial setting, the
host device 5 writes data (command or parameter) into a port write register of the host-sideinternal register 250. Then, a packet in which data is set in the data field is transmitted from the host-side data transfercontrol device 10 to the target-side data transfercontrol device 30 through the serial bus. Theinterface circuit 110 outputs interface signals including a signal of the data set in the packet to the interface bus at a timing according to the timing information set in the target-sideinternal register 350. - The following description provides the configuration and the operation according to one embodiment of the invention when the host-side data transfer
control device 10 transmits a request packet to the target-side data transfercontrol device 30 for convenience of description. The same description also applies to the configuration and the operation when the target-side data transfercontrol device 30 transmits a request packet to the host-side data transfercontrol device 10. - FIGS. 2A to 3B show format examples of packets transferred by the data transfer control device according to one embodiment of the invention. The field configuration and the field arrangement of each packet are not limited to those of the examples shown in FIGS. 2A to 3B. Various modifications and variations may be made. Specifically, some of the fields may be omitted, or another field may be provided.
- A write request packet shown in FIG. 2A is a packet for requesting writing of data (command). The write request packet includes a response request field, a packet type field, a label field, a retry field, an address size field, a standard number field, a data length field, and an address/command field. The write request packet also includes a CP field, an A+ field, an A+ size field, a port number field, a data/parameter field, and a cyclic redundancy check (CRC) field.
- A read request packet shown in FIG 2B is a packet for requesting reading of data. The read request packet is the same as the write request packet shown in FIG 2A except that the read request packet includes a read data request size field instead of the data/parameter field of the write request packet.
- A response packet shown in FIG. 3A is a packet for sending a response to the read request packet shown in FIG 2B. In the response packet, a data/parameter sent as a response is set (inserted) in a data/parameter field.
- An acknowledge packet (handshake packet) shown in FIG 3B is a packet for transmitting acknowledgement (ACK) or negative acknowledgement (NACK). The acknowledge packet does not include a data/parameter field.
- The response request field included in the request packet (write request packet or read request packet) is a field for indicating whether or not to perform handshake transfer using the acknowledge packet (ACK or NACK). For example, the response request field indicates that the acknowledge packet is unnecessary when a response request value (response request flag) set in the response request field is "0", and indicates that the acknowledge packet is necessary when the response request value is "1".
- The packet type field is a field for indicating the type of packet. In one embodiment of the invention, a write request packet, a read request packet, a response packet, an acknowledge packet, and the like are provided as the packet types. The label field is a field for setting a label for distinguishing the current transaction from other transactions. The retry field is a field for indicating whether or not the current transaction is performing a retry. The address size field is a field for indicating the size of an address (command) set in the address/command field.
- The data length field is a field for indicating the data length. The data length indicates the number of bytes from CP to CRC1 (data length = sub header + transfer data + CRC), for example. The address/command field is a field for indicating an address (command). The CP field is a field for directing packet fragmentation (data division). The A+ field is a field for setting an address automatic update mode, and the A+ size field is a field for setting an address automatic update size (number of automatic updates). The port number field is a field for indicating a port number (transaction destination) which is the destination of the packet. The data/parameter field is a field for setting (inserting) write data (parameter). The read data request size field is a field for designating the data length of data returned by the response packet. The CRC field is a field for checking an error of the header and data of the packet. As the CRC generating polynomial, a standard equation (algorithm) such as "G(X)=X16+X12+X5+1" may be used, for example.
- The data/parameter field of the response packet is a field for setting (inserting) read data requested by the read request packet. For example, when the device has transmitted the read request packet to the partner device, the partner device sets read data corresponding to the read request packet in the data/parameter field of the response packet, and transmits the response packet.
- The response code field of the acknowledge packet is a field for indicating the reception state of the received packet. For example, the response code field indicates that reception has succeeded when the response code value is "F", and indicates that reception has failed when the response code value is "0".
- In one embodiment of the invention, the request packet includes the response request field as shown in FIGS. 2A and 2B. When the host (or target) has transmitted to the target (or host) a request packet in which "response requested" is set in the response request field, the target transmits an acknowledge packet (ACK or NACK) to the host as a response to the request packet. When the host has transmitted to the target a request packet in which "response not requested" is set in the response request field, the target does not transmit an acknowledge packet to the host. This realizes an efficient data transfer such as stream transfer.
- FIGS. 4A and 4B show transaction examples when "response requested" is set, and FIG 4C shows a transaction example when "response not requested" is set.
- In one embodiment of the invention, the request packet includes the response request field as described above. This enables one type of request packet to be selectively used as a packet for performing handshake transfer for reliably transferring data to the partner device and a packet for performing isochronous data transfer, such as stream data transfer, even at the sacrifice of reliability. Specifically, a request packet having an identical field configuration can be used as an asynchronous transfer packet or an isochronous transfer packet by rewriting the response request field. This makes it possible to deal with various situations while reducing the number of types of packets, whereby an efficient data transfer can be realized with a small number of types of packets.
- According to one embodiment of the invention, when the transmitter side has transmitted a request packet in which "response not requested" is set in the response request field, the transmitter side can transmit a request packet at an arbitrary timing without waiting for a response from the partner device. Therefore, the transmitter side can generate and transmit a stream data request packet at an arbitrary timing, whereby an efficient data transfer can be realized with a small number of types of packets.
- As shown in FIG 5A, the
display driver 6 which drives thedisplay panel 7 such as an LCD may generate a vertical synchronization signal VCIN. Thedisplay driver 6 may notify the host of the non-display period (vertical synchronization period) of thedisplay panel 7 using the vertical synchronization signal VCIN. - In a first comparative example shown in FIG 5A, when the vertical synchronization signal VCIN has been output, the target-side data transfer
control device 30 receives the vertical synchronization signal VCIN and outputs an interrupt signal TGINT to the host-side data transfercontrol device 10. Upon receiving the interrupt signal TGINT, the host-side data transfercontrol device 10 outputs an interrupt signal INT to thehost device 5. This enables thehost device 5 to be notified that thedisplay panel 7 is in the non-display period. - However, the first comparative example shown in FIG. 5A requires a signal line for the interrupt signal TGINT in addition to the serial bus which can reduce the number of signal lines. Therefore, it is impossible to fully achieve the objective of reducing the number of signal lines provided in the connection section between the first instrument section provided with buttons for inputting a telephone number and the second instrument section provided with an LCD or a camera.
- In a second comparative example shown in FIG 5B, a VCIN read
register 352 for reading the status of the vertical synchronization signal VCIN is provided in the target-side data transfercontrol device 30. As indicated by A1 in FIG. 6, the host transmits a read request packet RREQ (FIG. 2B) which requests reading of the status from the VCIN readregister 352. When the vertical synchronization signal VCIN is not input from thedisplay driver 6, the target transmits to the host a response packet RESP (FIG 3A) which indicates that the vertical synchronization signal VCIN is not input, as indicated by A2 in FIG 6. When the vertical synchronization signal VCIN has been input from thedisplay driver 6, the target transmits to the host a response packet RESP which indicates that the vertical synchronization signal VCIN has been input, as indicated by A3. Then, as indicated by A4, the host transmits to the target a write request packet WREQ in which a command or data is set. - However, in the second comparative example shown in FIG 5B, the
host device 5 must always poll and monitor the status set in the VCIN readregister 352 until thedisplay driver 6 outputs the vertical synchronization signal VCIN, as indicated by A5 in FIG. 6. Therefore, thehost device 5 cannot perform the necessary processing (control of the entire electronic instrument and processing as the baseband engine) in this period, whereby the processing of thehost device 5 is hindered. - In order to solve the above-described problems, one embodiment of the invention uses a method shown in FIG. 7. Specifically, after the host (
host device 5 or data transfer control device 10) has transmitted the read request packet RREQ which requests reading of the status of the vertical synchronization signal VCIN as indicated by B1 in FIG 7, the target (data transfer control device 30) does not immediately transmit the response packet RESP for the read request packet RREQ. The target performs the detection operation of the vertical synchronization signal VCIN input from thedisplay driver 6. As indicated by B2 in FIG 7, a detection signal VDET is set to active when the vertical synchronization signal VCIN from thedisplay driver 6 has been detected. When the detection signal VDET has been set to active, the target transmits the response packet RESP for the read request packet RREQ indicated byB 1 to the host, as indicated by B3. The target may transmit an acknowledge packet instead of the response packet RESP. - When the host has received the response packet RESP indicated by B3 in FIG. 7, the host transmits to the target the write request packet WREQ in which a command or data is set, as indicated by B4. The target outputs the command or data set in the write request packet WREQ to the
display driver 6. This enables the command or data to be transferred to thedisplay driver 6 in the non-display period of thedisplay panel 7. Therefore, the display operation of thedisplay panel 7 can be prevented from being adversely affected by transferring the command or data. - FIG. 8 shows a configuration example of the data
transfer control device 30 which can realize the method according to one embodiment of the invention. Note that some of the circuit blocks shown in FIG. 8 may be omitted, or the configuration of the connection between the circuit blocks may be changed, or a circuit block differing from the circuit blocks shown in FIG 8 may be additionally provided. Packet buffers 301 and 302, amultiplexer 304, atransfer circuit 340, aninternal register 350, asignal detection circuit 360, and the like may be provided either inside or outside thelink controller 100. - In FIG. 8, the
transceiver 40 including a physical layer analog circuit receives a packet (data) transmitted from the host-side data transfercontrol device 10 through the differential signal lines of the serial bus. Thetransceiver 40 also transmits a packet to the host-side data transfercontrol device 10 through the differential signal lines of the serial bus. - The packet buffer 301 (first packet buffer) is a buffer (reception packet buffer) into which a packet received through the serial bus is written. Specifically, a packet received through the serial bus is input from the
transceiver 40 through the multiplexer (demultiplexer) 304, and written into thepacket buffer 301. The packet buffer 302 (second packet buffer) is a buffer (transmission packet buffer) into which a packet transmitted through the serial bus is written. The transmission packet is read from thepacket buffer 302 and output to thetransceiver 40 through the multiplexer (demultiplexer) 304. The packet buffers 301 and 302 may be formed by first-in first-out (FIFO) memories, for example. - A
packet analysis circuit 310 analyzes a packet received through the serial bus. Specifically, thepacket analysis circuit 310 separates the received packet into the header and the data, and extracts the header. Thepacket analysis circuit 310 analyzes the response request field to determine whether or not a response is required, or analyzes the packet type field to determine the type (e.g. write request packet or read request packet) of the received packet. Thepacket analysis circuit 310 analyzes the address size field to determine the size of the address set in the address/command field. - The
packet generation circuit 320 generates a packet (header) transmitted through the serial bus. In more detail, thepacket generation circuit 320 generates a header of a packet to be transmitted, and assembles a packet by combining the header and data. In this case, thepacket generation circuit 320 generates a header corresponding to the type of packet to be transmitted. For example, thepacket generation circuit 320 generates a header as shown in FIG 3A when transmitting a response packet, and generates a header as shown in FIG. 3B when transmitting an acknowledge packet. - A
transaction controller 330 performs data transfer transaction layer processing. In more detail, thetransaction controller 330 controls transfer of packets such as a request packet, a response packet, and an acknowledge packet, and controls a transaction made up of a plurality of packets. Thetransaction controller 330 controls each circuit block of thelink controller 100. - The
transfer circuit 340 controls transfer of information in thelink controller 100. In more detail, thetransfer circuit 340 transfers information written into thepacket buffer 301 to theinterface circuit 110 or theinternal register 350. Thetransfer circuit 340 transfers information from theinterface circuit 110 or information from theinternal register 350 to thepacket buffer 302. - The
internal register 350 includes various control registers and status registers. Theinternal register 350 stores interface information for specifying the signal form (output format) of the interface signal output from theinterface circuit 110. - A VCIN read register 352 (dummy register) included in the
internal register 350 is a register for reading the status of the vertical synchronization signal VCIN from thedisplay driver 6. In one embodiment of the invention, after the target has received the read request packet which requests reading of the status of the vertical synchronization signal VCIN from the host, the target does not immediately transmits a response packet (FIG 3A) for the read request packet (FIG 2B). The target waits for the detection signal VDET to be output from thesignal detection circuit 360, and transmits a response packet (or acknowledge packet) for the read request packet to the host through the serial bus on condition that the detection signal VDET has been output. - An
edge setting register 354 included in theinternal register 350 is a register for setting whether to detect either the rising edge or the falling edge of the vertical synchronization signal VCIN. - The
signal detection circuit 360 detects the vertical synchronization signal VCIN and outputs the detection signal VDET when the vertical synchronization signal VCIN for indicating the non-display period of the display panel has been input from thedisplay driver 6. Thesignal detection circuit 360 detects the vertical synchronization signal VCIN according to the value set in the edge setting register 354 (edge polarity setting of the vertical synchronization signal VCIN). For example, when "rising edge detection" is set in theedge setting register 354, thesignal detection circuit 360 outputs the detection signal VDET on condition that the rising edge of the vertical synchronization signal VCIN has been detected. When "falling edge detection" is set in theedge setting register 354, thesignal detection circuit 360 outputs the detection signal VDET on condition that the falling edge of the vertical synchronization signal VCIN has been detected. For example, when "falling edge detection" is set in theedge setting register 354, the detection signal VDET is set to active at the falling edge of the vertical synchronization signal VCIN, as indicated by B2 in FIG. 7. The display driver may output a low-active (negative logic) vertical synchronization signal VCIN or a high-active (positive logic) vertical synchronization signal VCIN depending on the type of display driver. It is possible to deal with various display drivers by providing theedge setting register 354. - A
signal generator 112 included in theinterface circuit 110 generates MPU interface signals, such as a data signal DATA_O, anaddress 0 signal A0, a write signal WR, a read signal RD, and a chip select signal CS, based on data from thelink controller 100, interface information (timing information) set in theinternal register 350, and the like. The generated MPU interface signals are output to thedisplay driver 6 through the interface bus. Data output from thedisplay driver 6 is input to theinterface circuit 110 as a signal DATA_I. - The operation of the data transfer control device according to one embodiment of the invention is described below with reference to FIGS. 9 to 13. As shown in FIG 9, when the target has received a read request packet from the host, the received read request packet is written into the
reception packet buffer 301 through themultiplexer 304. Thepacket analysis circuit 310 analyzes the received read request packet. - When the received read request packet is a packet which requests reading of the status of the vertical synchronization signal VCIN (packet which requests reading from the VCIN read register 352), the read operation (dummy read) from the VCIN read
register 352 is performed. In the second comparative example shown in FIGS. 5B and 6, the response packet for sending the status of the VCIN readregister 352 is immediately transmitted. In one embodiment of the invention, the target waits for the detection signal VDET of the vertical synchronization signal VCIN to be output from thesignal detection circuit 360 without immediately transmitting the response packet. - In this case, after the target has received the read request packet which requests reading of the status of the vertical synchronization signal VCIN, the packet generation circuit 320 (header generation circuit) generates in advance a header of a response packet (acknowledge packet) for the read request packet. In more detail, the
packet generation circuit 320 generates in advance a response packet (acknowledge packet) for the read request packet, and writes the generated packet into thetransmission packet buffer 302, as shown in FIG 10. The response packet can be immediately transmitted upon detection of the vertical synchronization signal VCIN by providing the response packet (acknowledge packet) in advance, whereby the packet transfer efficiency can be increased. Specifically, since a time lag from detection of the vertical synchronization signal VCIN to transmission of the response packet can be reduced, the host can be notified that thedisplay panel 7 is in the non-display period within a short time. - As shown in FIG. 11, when the
display panel 7 has entered the non-display period and thedisplay driver 6 has output the vertical synchronization signal VCIN, thesignal detection circuit 360 detects the vertical synchronization signal VCIN and outputs the detection signal VDET (see B2 in FIG 7). The link controller 100 (transaction controller 330) then performs processing of transmitting the response packet (acknowledge packet) for the read request packet through the serial bus (see B3 in FIG 7). Specifically, thelink controller 100 outputs information about the response packet to thetransceiver 40 to direct thetransceiver 40 to transmit the response packet. - When the
packet generation circuit 320 has generated in advance the response packet (acknowledge packet) and written the generated packet into thetransmission packet buffer 302, thelink controller 100 reads the written response packet (acknowledge packet) from thepacket buffer 302 and transmits the response packet through the serial bus. This reduces a time lag from detection of the vertical synchronization signal VCIN to transmission of the response packet. - The host which has received the response packet is notified that the
display panel 7 is in the non-display period. The host transmits a write request packet which requests writing of a command or data through the serial bus as shown in FIG 12 in order to write a command or data (parameter) into a register or RAM of thedisplay driver 6 in the non-display period. Specifically, the host transmits a write request packet in which a command is set (inserted) in the address/command field or a write request packet in which data is set in the data/command field (see B4 in FIG. 7). - When the
link controller 100 has received the write request packet which requests writing of a command or data after the response packet (acknowledge packet) has been transmitted through the serial bus, thelink controller 100 outputs the command or data (parameter) for which writing has been requested to theinterface circuit 110, as shown in FIG 12. Specifically, thelink controller 100 extracts the command or data set in the write request packet from the write request packet written into thereception packet buffer 301 through themultiplexer 304, and outputs the extracted command or data to theinterface circuit 110. - The
interface circuit 110 outputs the command or data output from thelink controller 100 to thedisplay driver 6 through the interface bus. FIG 13 shows a signal waveform example of the interface bus in this case. - In FIG 13, when a CS signal is set at the low level, the
display driver 6 is chip-selected. Thedisplay driver 6 recognizes that the signal DATA_O is a command when the signal A0 is set at the low level, and recognizes that the signal DATA_O is data (command parameter) when the signal A0 is set at the high level. The command or data of the signal DATA_O is written into thedisplay driver 6 when the signal WR is set at the low level. - This enables the command or data from the host to be written into the register or RAM of the
display driver 6 in the non-display period of thedisplay panel 7. Therefore, the display operation of thedisplay panel 7 can be prevented from being adversely affected by the command or data write operation. - As described with reference to FIG 2A, the write request packet includes the response request field for indicating whether or not to perform handshake transfer using the acknowledge packet. It is preferable that a response request value "response not requested" be set in the response request field of the write request packet transmitted from the host in FIG 12.
- Therefore, when the
link controller 100 has received a write request packet in which a response request value "response not requested" is set, thelink controller 100 can output a command or data for which writing has been requested to theinterface circuit 110 without directing transmission of an acknowledge packet for the write request packet. This enables packet transfer such as stream transfer to be performed as shown in FIG 4C, whereby an efficient data transfer can be realized. - In particular, when the non-display period of the
display panel 7 is short, it is necessary to write a command or data into thedisplay driver 6 within such a short time. In one embodiment of the invention, since a response request value "response not requested" is set in the write request packet, the host need not wait for reception of an acknowledge packet. Therefore, the host can transmit a number of write request packets within a short time as indicated by B4 in FIG 7. Therefore, even if the non-display period of thedisplay panel 7 is short, a command or data can be appropriately written into thedisplay driver 6 within such a short time. - FIG. 14 shows a modification according to one embodiment of the invention. In the modification shown in FIG 14, a
switch circuit 303, amultiplexer 306, and apacket detection circuit 312 are provided in addition to the configuration shown in FIG 8. - The
switch circuit 303 switches the write destination of the received packet. Specifically, theswitch circuit 303 switches the write destination of the received packet between the packet buffers 301 and 302. - The
multiplexer 306 selects the output from one of the packet buffers 301 and 302. For example, themultiplexer 306 selects the output from thepacket buffer 301 when outputting information written into thepacket buffer 301, and selects the output from thepacket buffer 302 when outputting information written into thepacket buffer 302. - The
packet detection circuit 312 receives the analysis results of the received packet from thepacket analysis circuit 310. Thepacket detection circuit 312 detects completion of reception (end position) of the packet based on the analysis results. In more detail, thepacket detection circuit 312 detects completion of reception of the packet based on the data length set in the header of the packet. Specifically, thepacket detection circuit 312 detects the end of CRC1 shown in FIGS. 2A and 2B. Thepacket detection circuit 312 may be realized by a byte counter which performs count processing based on the data length, for example. Thepacket detection circuit 312 may detect start of reception (start position) of the packet. Specifically, thepacket detection circuit 312 may detect the head of the response request field shown in FIGS. 2A and 2B. - In the configuration shown in FIG 14, when the packet received through the serial bus is a read request packet, the
link controller 100 sets thepacket buffer 301 as a reception packet buffer and sets thepacket buffer 302 as a transmission packet buffer in the same manner as described with reference to FIGS. 9 to 11. Specifically, the received read request packet is written into thereception packet buffer 301, and a response packet or an acknowledge packet to be transmitted is written into thetransmission packet buffer 302. - As shown in FIG 15, when the received packet is a write request packet, the
link controller 100 sets the packet buffers 301 and 302 as reception packet buffers between which the write destination is switched by theswitch circuit 303. Specifically, thelink controller 100 causes the packet buffers 301 and 302 to form a double buffer configuration. - In more detail, when the Kth (K is an integer) packet has been written into one of the packet buffers 301 and 302 and completion of reception of the Kth packet (or start of reception of the subsequent (K+1)th packet) has been detected by the
packet detection circuit 312, theswitch circuit 303 switches the write destination of the (K+1)th packet to the other of the packet buffers 301 and 302. For example, when the first packet has been written into thepacket buffer 301 and completion of reception of the first packet has been detected, theswitch circuit 303 switches the write destination of the second packet received after the first packet to thepacket buffer 302. When the second packet has been written into thepacket buffer 302 and completion of reception of the second packet has been detected, theswitch circuit 303 switches the write destination of the third packet received after the second packet to thepacket buffer 301. The data transfer efficiency can be increased by causing the packet buffers 301 and 302 to form a double buffer configuration as described above. - Specifically, when the reception packet buffer has a single buffer configuration, the entire packet received from the host is written into the packet buffer. After packet analysis such as a CRC check has been completed, the received packet is transmitted to the subsequent stage (e.g. application layer). After the entire packet (data) has been transmitted to the subsequent stage, receipt of the next packet commences and the packet is written into the reception packet buffer.
- Therefore, the host (transmitter side) must wait for the target-side (receiver-side) reception packet buffer to become empty for a period from transmission of the packet to start of transmission of the next packet. Therefore, the host cannot continuously transmit packets to the target. In particular, when displaying a motion picture on the
display panel 7, the host must continuously transmit packets to the target so that the motion picture is not interrupted. However, when the target-side reception packet buffer has a single buffer configuration, it is difficult to realize such a continuous packet transfer (stream transfer). - The host need not wait for the packet buffer to become empty by causing the packet buffers 301 and 302 to form a double buffer configuration as shown in FIG 15, so that the host can continuously transmit packets to the target. This significantly increases the data transfer efficiency. Moreover, a motion picture such as a television picture can be easily displayed on the
display panel 7. - In particular, when the non-display period of the
display panel 7 is short, the host can transmit a number of write request packets within a short time by setting a response request value "response not requested" in the write request packet and causing the packet buffers 301 and 302 to form a double buffer configuration as shown in FIG. 15. Therefore, even if the non-display period of thedisplay panel 7 is short, a command or data can be appropriately written into thedisplay driver 6 within such a short time. - The serial transfer method according to one embodiment of the invention is described below-with reference to FIG 16. In FIG. 16, DTO+ and DTO- indicate data (OUT data) output from the host (data transfer control device 10) to the target (data transfer control device 30). CLK+ and CLK- indicate clock signals supplied from the host to the target. The host outputs the data DTO+/- in synchronization with the edge (e.g. rising edge; may be falling edge) of the clock signals CLK+/-. Therefore, the target can sample and store the data DTO+/- using the clock signals CLK+/-. In FIG 16, the target operates based on the clock signals CLK+/- supplied from the host. Specifically, the clock signals CLK+/- serve as a system clock signal of the target. Therefore, a phase locked loop (PLL) circuit 12 (clock signal generation circuit in a broad sense) is provided to the host, and is not provided to the target.
- DTI+ and DTI- indicate data (IN data) output from the target to the host. STB+ and STB- indicate strobes (clock signals in a broad sense) supplied from the target to the host. The target generates and outputs the strobes STB+/- based on the clock signals CLK+/- supplied from the host. The target outputs the data DTI+/- in synchronization with the edge (e.g. rising edge; may be falling edge) of the strobes STB+/-. Therefore, the host can sample and store the data DTI+/- using the strobes STB+/-.
- The data DTO+/-, the clock signals CLK+/-, the data DTI+/-, and the strobes STB+/- are transmitted by causing a transmitter circuit (driver circuit) to current-drive (voltage-drive) the corresponding differential signal lines, for example. In order to realize a higher speed transfer, two or more pairs of DTO+/- differential signal lines and DTI+/- differential signal lines may be provided.
- The host-
side transceiver 20 includes OUT transfer (data transfer in a broad sense) and clocktransfer transmitter circuits receiver circuits side transceiver 40 includes OUT transfer and clocktransfer receiver circuits transfer transmitter circuits - The OUT transfer and clock
transfer transmitter circuits transfer receiver circuits - The IN transfer and clock
transfer transmitter circuits transfer receiver circuits - FIG. 17 shows a configuration example of an electronic instrument according to one embodiment of the invention. The electronic instrument includes data
transfer control devices - As shown in FIG 17, the serial transfer described in one embodiment of the invention is performed between the host-side data transfer control device 502 provided in the
baseband engine 500 and the target side data transfercontrol device 512 provided in the application engine 510 (graphic engine). The serial transfer described in one embodiment of the invention is also performed between the host-side data transfercontrol device 514 provided in theapplication engine 510 and the datatransfer control device 520 including acamera interface circuit 522 or the datatransfer control device 530 including anLCD interface circuit 532. Thebaseband engine 500 and theapplication engine 510 may be implemented by a single hardware device (e.g. CPU). - According to the configuration shown in FIG 17, EMI noise can be reduced in comparison with a known electronic instrument. Moreover, power consumption of the electronic instrument can be further reduced by realizing a reduction in scale and power consumption of the data transfer control device. In the case where the electronic instrument is a portable telephone, a serial signal line can be used as a signal line passing through the connection section (hinge section) of the portable telephone, whereby mounting can be facilitated.
- Although only some embodiments of the invention have been described in detail above, those skilled in the art will readily appreciate that many modifications are possible in the embodiments without departing from the novel teachings and advantages of this invention. Accordingly, all such modifications are intended to be included within the scope of this invention. For example, any term (such as a display driver, or a host-side data transfer control device) cited with a different term having broader or the same meaning (such as a device or a partner device) at least once in this specification or drawings can be replaced by the different term in any place in this specification and drawings.
- The configurations and the operations of the data transfer control device and the electronic instrument are not limited to the configurations and the operations described in one embodiment of the invention. Various modifications and variations may be made. The format of each packet such as a write request packet is not limited to those described with reference to FIGS. 2A to 3B. The signal waveforms of the vertical synchronization signal, the detection signal, the interface signal, and the like are not limited to those described in one embodiment of the invention.
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- A data transfer control device which controls data transfer, the data transfer control device comprising:a link controller which analyzes a packet received through a serial bus and generates a packet to be transmitted through the serial bus;an interface circuit which performs interface processing between the data transfer control device and a display driver connected to the data transfer control device through an interface bus; anda signal detection circuit which, when a vertical synchronization signal used for indicating a non-display period of a display panel has been input from the display driver, detects the vertical synchronization signal and outputs a detection signal,when the link controller has received a read request packet which requests reading of status of the vertical synchronization signal, the link controller waiting for the detection signal to be output from the signal detection circuit, and performing processing of transmitting a response packet or an acknowledge packet for the read request packet through the serial bus on condition that the detection signal has been output from the signal detection circuit.
- The data transfer control device as defined in claim 1, comprising:a reception packet buffer into which a packet received through the serial bus is written; anda transmission packet buffer into which a packet to be transmitted through the serial bus is written,wherein, when the link controller has received the read request packet, the link controller generates the response packet or the acknowledge packet for the read request packet and writes the response packet or the acknowledge packet into the transmission packet buffer; andwherein, on condition that the detection signal has been output from the signal detection circuit, the link controller reads the response packet or the acknowledge packet written into the transmission packet buffer from the transmission packet buffer and performs processing of transmitting the response packet or the acknowledge packet through the serial bus.
- The data transfer control device as defined in claim 1 or2,
wherein, when the link controller has received a write request packet which requests writing of a command or data after the transmission of the response packet or the acknowledge packet through the serial bus, the link controller outputs the command or the data for which writing has been requested to the interface circuit; and
wherein the interface circuit outputs the command or the data output from the link controller to the display driver through the interface bus. - The data transfer control device as defined in claim 3,
wherein the write request packet includes a response request field used for indicating whether or not to perform handshake transfer using the acknowledge packet, a response request value "response not requested" being set in the response request field; and
wherein, when the link controller has received the write request packet in which the response request value "response not requested" is set, the link controller outputs the command or the data for which writing has been requested to the interface circuit without directing transmission of the acknowledge packet for the write request packet. - The data transfer control device as defined in any one of claims 1 to 4, comprising:an edge setting register used for setting whether to detect either a rising edge or a falling edge of the vertical synchronization signal,wherein the signal detection circuit outputs the detection signal on condition that the rising edge of the vertical synchronization signal has been detected when "rising edge detection" has been set in the edge setting register, and outputs the detection signal on condition that the falling edge of the vertical synchronization signal has been detected when "falling edge detection" has been set in the edge setting register.
- The data transfer control device as defined in any one of claims 1 to 5, comprising:a read register used for reading the status of the vertical synchronization signal,wherein the read request packet which requests reading of the status of the vertical synchronization signal is a packet which requests reading from the read register.
- The data transfer control device as defined in any one of claims 1 to 6,
wherein the interface circuit is an MPU interface circuit which generates an MPU interface signal. - The data transfer control device as defined in any one of claims 1 to 7, comprising:a transceiver which uses differential signal lines of the serial bus to transmit and receive a packet to and from a host-side data transfer control device.
- An electronic instrument comprising:the data transfer control device as defined in any one of claims 1 to 8; andthe display driver connected to the data transfer control device through the interface bus.
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